Iron County Record | 1924-06-06 | Page 5 | Loses Auto by Fire

LOSES AUTO BY FIRE 00 Sunday afternoon Magnus Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosen Rosen- berg had the misfortune to lose his auto by fire north of town about two miles Magnus was driving along at a moderate moderate moderate mo mo- rate of speed when flames burst from the engine a and d within a minute the entire car was a mass ol of flames After a few moments t tJ the e gasoline in the tank exploded sending a huge column of smoke and flames skyward to a of a couple oi of hundred feet It was impossible fox for Mr Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosenberg Rosen Rosen- berg to extinguish the flames as he had nothing with which to do so anc and was nos not near any loose dirt by which the flames could be smothered or near water that might have quenched the flames so he was compelled to watch his car or at least everything able be consumed by the fire It is not known what started the fire as the engine was not overheated overheat overheat- ed nor did there appear to be any shortage of the the wiring wiring of the ma ma- chine oa